Guascorr—A List of some of the Rotifera of Ireland. 57 
Fureularia rigida, sp. nov. 
(Pl. IV. fig. 4.] 
Sp. Ch.—Body arched, very narrow; toes long, pointed, stout 
at the base, recurved, and rigid. 
Bearing some affinity to F. ensifera, this species still exhibits 
some distinctive features. ‘The body is arched, high and very 
narrow, the back rounded. The face oblique, trophi forcipate. 
The toes which are round, thick at the base, recurved and pointed, 
appeared to be quite rigid and motionless as it floated about in an 
aimless manner. Length about =4;>th of an inch. 
Habitat.—A. stream, Co. Wexford. 
Eosphora aurita (Ehrenberg). 
[The Rotifera, vol. ii. p. 47, Pl. XVII. fig. 10.] 
Several of these lively little creature occurred among the leaf- 
lets of Utricularia; their two bright red eyes draw attention at once; 
and then deeper toward the centre of the body a dark-looking spot 
is seen which occasionally gives out a flash of red colour as the 
creature turns; in all cases the body was filled with bright green 
food, the extremities being remarkably clear and transparent. 
The head and auricles were also much broader than represented in 
the figure in the Monograph. I once met with one of unusually 
large size, I suppose an ancient dame. 
Habitat.—Bogs and drains, Co. Wexford. 
Eosphora striata, sp. nov. 
[PL IV. fig. 5.] 
Sp. Ch.—Body sub-cylindric, swollen in the middle, hyaline, 
fluted ; head dilate; eyes three; foot long ; toes furcate. 
A large and conspicuous species, particularly clear white 
throughout. The dilated head is cushioned within the disc, and 
truncate on the frontal margin, which bears a bright red eye at 
each extremity ; an ample brain descends to the middle of the neck, 
_ and near its end another red eye is placed just above and between 
two black patches which coat its surface at either side. The lower 
